"Morlocks (comics) The Morlocks are a group of mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are usually depicted as being associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Paul Smith, they were named after the subterranean race of the same name in H. G. Wells' novel ""The Time Machine"". They first appeared as a group in ""The Uncanny X-Men"" #169 (May 1983)). Caliban appeared prior to that, but he was not yet a member of the Morlocks. The Morlocks were depicted as an underground society (both literally"
"Eloi The Eloi are one of the two fictional post-human races, along with the Morlocks, in H. G. Wells' 1895 novel ""The Time Machine"". By the year AD 802,701, humanity has evolved into two separate species: the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi live a banal life of ease on the surface of the earth, while the Morlocks live underground, tending machinery and providing food, clothing, and inventory for the Eloi. The narration suggests that the separation of species may have been the result of a widening split between different social classes. Having solved all problems that required strength, intelligence,"
"Morlock Morlocks are a fictional species created by H. G. Wells for his 1895 novel, ""The Time Machine"", and are the main antagonist. Since their creation by H. G. Wells, the Morlocks have appeared in many other works such as sequels, movies, television shows, and works by other authors, many of which have deviated from the original description. In choosing the name ""Morlocks"", Wells may have been inspired by the Morlachs - an ethnic group in the Balkans which attracted the attention of West and Central European travelers and writers, including famous ones such as Johann Gottfried Herder and Johann"
"by Mara. He rescues Mara and starts a new life with her and the Eloi. Weena (The Time Machine) Weena is a fictional character in the novel ""The Time Machine"", written by H. G. Wells in 1895 on the concept of time travel. In the story, an unnamed time traveler travels to A.D. 802,701 using his time machine, to find that humans have evolved into two species: the Eloi, the leisure class; and the Morlocks, the working class. He meets an Eloi girl named Weena, whom he takes on an expedition and loses in his battle against the Morlocks. Three"
"the Morlocks as a food source, much like cows or pigs are today. In the 1960 film version of the book, the Eloi are depicted as identical to modern humans but small, blond, and blue-eyed. The Morlocks use an air raid siren to lure them into their caves. One of the Eloi is motivated to beat a Morlock to death when it attacks the Time Traveller. In the 2002 movie adaptation of ""The Time Machine"", the Eloi are depicted as identical to modern humans, with a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and sport primitive-style clothing and appear to be an ethnic amalgamation of"
"levers before leaving it (the time machine being unable to travel through time without them). Later in the dark, he is approached menacingly by the Morlocks, ape-like troglodytes who live in darkness underground and surface only at night. Exploring one of many ""wells"" that lead to the Morlocks' dwellings, he discovers the machinery and industry that makes the above-ground paradise of the Eloi possible. He alters his theory, speculating that the human race has evolved into two species: the leisured classes have become the ineffectual Eloi, and the downtrodden working classes have become the brutal light-fearing Morlocks. Deducing that the"
"Simon Wells, the great-grandson of H. G. Wells. The Morlocks in this film, as well as the Eloi, have been changed in several major ways. The Morlocks have become physically stronger and faster, and are very ape-like now, frequently running on all fours. In addition, they have split into several different castes. In addition to the ""Hunter"" Morlocks, which are muscular, gorilla-like hunters, there are also the ""Spy"" Morlocks who are more slender and agile but much weaker. The Spies shoot blowpipes at escaping Eloi, marking them with a pungent substance and making it easier for the Hunters, with their"
"the floor. These peaceful intelligent Morlocks seem also to have extraordinary resistance to disease and perhaps to radiations too, even when not in their homeworld, as stated by Nebogipfel when in the Paleocene (the Time Traveler quickly got ill there because of unknown germs, whereas Nebogipfel, though injured and disabled, suffered no apparent ill effects). The only Morlock given a name is Nebogipfel, who remains with the Time Traveler throughout the book. Nebogipfel's name comes from the main character of H. G. Wells' first attempt at a time travel story, then called ""Chronic Argonauts."" The character's name was Dr Moses"
"into the first Morlock. Morlocks are briefly referenced by the protagonist in reference to the zombie like mutant antagonists of the film. In the serial ""Timelash"" episodes of the twenty-second season of ""Doctor Who"", the Sixth Doctor takes H. G. Wells into the future where they encounter an underground-dwelling, reptilian species called the Morlox (a homophone of ""Morlocks""). The Borad, an evil ruler, accidentally becomes half-Morlox before the episode. In the 1978 ""Challenge of the Superfriends"" episode titled ""Conquerors of the Future"", the Legion of Doom travelled to the future and conquered the Galaxy with the help of the Morlocks."
"of the Fresnel lenses common to lighthouses. (In Wells's original book, the Time Traveller mentioned his 'scientific papers on optics'). Hartdegen becomes involved with a female Eloi named Mara, played by Samantha Mumba, who essentially takes the place of Weena, from the earlier versions of the story. In this film, the Eloi have, as a tradition, preserved a ""stone language"" that is identical to English. The Morlocks are much more barbaric and agile, and the Time Traveller has a direct impact on the plot. In ""Time After Time"", H.G. Wells invents a time machine and shows it to some friends"
"Wolfgang von Goethe, and who were described and depicted in various writings as an archetype of ""primitive people"", ""backwardness"", ""barbarism"" and the like. The Morlocks are at first a mysterious presence in the book, in so far as the protagonist initially believes the Eloi are the sole descendants of humanity. Later, the Morlocks are made the story's antagonists. They dwell underground in the English countryside of AD 802,701, maintaining ancient machines that they may or may not remember how to build. Their only access to the surface world is through a series of well-like structures that dot the countryside of"
"attacked by Morlocks, who are fierce, simian creatures in this story. They are physically much more powerful than Wells' creatures, although they're similar to the Hunter Morlocks from the 2002 film. Larry Niven included a version of the Morlocks in his ""Known Space"" books. They appear as a subhuman alien race living in the caves in one region of Wunderland, which is one of humanity's colonies in the Alpha Centauri system. Many of these stories are by Hal Colebatch in the shared spin-off series, ""The Man Kzin Wars"", especially in vols. X, XI and XII. They are also mentioned in"
"a branch of Morlocks more culturally advanced than the ones he met before. One of their number, Nebogipfel (the name of a character from Wells's ""The Chronic Argonauts""), explains after hearing the Time Traveller's own story that the conflict between Eloi and Morlocks never occurred due to the Writer's publication of the story that became ""The Time Machine"". The timeline he sought to go to is inaccessible to him now. The Morlocks of this timeline have constructed a Dyson sphere around the inner solar system and use the Sun's energy to power it. Humans as the Time Traveller knows them"
"or virtue, the Eloi have slowly become dissolute and naive: they are described as smaller than modern humans, with shoulder-length curly hair, pointed chins, large eyes, small ears, small mouths with bright red thin lips, and sub-human intelligence. They do not perform much work, except to feed, play, and mate; and when Weena falls into a river, none of the other Eloi helps her (she is rescued instead by the Time Traveler). Periodically, the Morlocks capture individual Eloi for food; and because this typically happens on moonless nights, the Eloi are terrified of darkness. A portion of the book written"
"Weena (The Time Machine) Weena is a fictional character in the novel ""The Time Machine"", written by H. G. Wells in 1895 on the concept of time travel. In the story, an unnamed time traveler travels to A.D. 802,701 using his time machine, to find that humans have evolved into two species: the Eloi, the leisure class; and the Morlocks, the working class. He meets an Eloi girl named Weena, whom he takes on an expedition and loses in his battle against the Morlocks. Three films have been based upon the story, in 1960, 1978, and 2002, each portraying Weena"
"humanity has split into two distinct species, the elfin Eloi and the brutal Morlocks. Later in the story, the time traveler moves forward to a dying Earth beneath a swollen red sun. ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) depicts an invasion of Earth by inhabitants of the planet Mars. The aliens systematically destroy Victorian England with advanced weaponry mounted on nearly indestructible vehicles. Due to the (in)famous radio adaptation of the novel by Orson Welles on his show, ""The Mercury Theatre on the Air"", the novel has become one of the best known early apocalyptic works. It has subsequently been"
"herself trying to touch the flame. The next day, Weena shows George domed structures that dot the landscape: air shafts that double as access to the Morlock underworld. She takes him to an ancient museum where ""talking rings"" tell of a war in the distant past which lasted 326 years. A reduced population fought for survival on a poisoned Earth; many decided to live underground in permanent settlements, while some returned to the surface. George realizes this was the beginning of speciation for the Morlocks and the Eloi. He starts to climb down a shaft, but stops when sirens blare"
"and yells for Leonard to help him. In the 2010 episode of Futurama ""The Late Philip J. Fry,"" Bender, Farnsworth, and Fry travel to the future where they meet a society of small creatures who explain that humanity has diverged into two distinct groups through evolution. Upon returning five years later, the crew discovers that the small, intelligent creatures have been overrun and destroyed by the troglodytic ""Dumb-locks."" Morlock Morlocks are a fictional species created by H. G. Wells for his 1895 novel, ""The Time Machine"", and are the main antagonist. Since their creation by H. G. Wells, the Morlocks"
"literally sank into the floor of the cavern.) Grimlocks have been depicted in the ""World of Greyhawk"" campaign setting as worshippers of Erythnul, though it is unknown if this is typical. The ""Pathfinder Roleplaying Game"" replaced Grimlocks with Morlocks. Morlocks are a similar violent underground-dwelling race with slight differences. Official sources: Grimlock (Dungeons & Dragons) Grimlock is a fictional monstrous humanoid that lives in the Underdark, a vast interconnected system of caves underneath various ""Dungeons & Dragons"" campaign settings. Based on subterranean humanoids called ""morlocks"" created by H.G. Wells for his 1895 novel ""The Time Machine"", the grimlock was first"
"presumably to protect the Morlocks' sensitive, dark-adapted eyes. Some authors have adopted the Morlocks and adapted them to their works, often completely unassociated with ""The Time Machine"", or were named in-universe in homage to H.G. Wells' works. The Morlocks appeared in a story by Alan Moore titled ""Allan and the Sundered Veil"", which appeared as part of the comic book collection ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I"". In the story, the Time Traveler takes some of the regular League characters into his future world, where he has made a base out of the Morlock sphinx. The party is soon"
"male Eloi, use plastic explosives found in the museum to seal off the Morlocks' three entrances to the Eloi habitat. Perry gives his report to Haverson and Washington, and discovers they are uninterested in saving the world from destruction. Instead, they are interested in using the time machine to gain a military advantage over other world powers. Perry leaves them and returns to Weena and the Eloi, who are now free of the Morlocks. Director: Henning Schellerup, Screenplay by Wallace C. Bennett, Release Date: 5 November 1978 (USA) Film critic David Sindelar defends the film against the accusation that it"
"part of David's journey requires him to travel through time. After having a humorous go at the light-hearted Master of Time, David becomes H.G. Wells and travels into the far distant future. Upon his arrival, he discovers that Laura has been kidnapped by the monstrous creatures known as the Morlocks, and is being held captive, along with other humans, in the Morlocks' underground caverns. Wells enlists the help of two slaves who managed to escape, and together, they defeat the Morlocks and free Laura and the others. Laura and Wells then return to the present time where the cast presents"
"Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ian Fleming, Robert Louis Stevenson and Bram Stoker, it is predominantly a retelling of ""The War of the Worlds"" by H. G. Wells. The volume continues the narrative of Mina Murray, Allan Quatermain, Hawley Griffin, Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde and Captain Nemo who respond to an invasion of England by extraterrestrial invaders. On the planet Mars, John Carter and have assembled an alliance of Martian races to combat an invading race of non-Martian aliens called ""Molluscs"" (the aliens from H.G. Wells' ""The War of the Worlds""). After a fierce battle, the Martian alliance successfully force"
"Grimlock (Dungeons & Dragons) Grimlock is a fictional monstrous humanoid that lives in the Underdark, a vast interconnected system of caves underneath various ""Dungeons & Dragons"" campaign settings. Based on subterranean humanoids called ""morlocks"" created by H.G. Wells for his 1895 novel ""The Time Machine"", the grimlock was first adapted for ""Advanced Dungeons & Dragons"" (""AD&D""), and has appeared in each subsequent version of D&D rules as a savage, pale-skinned and eyeless humanoid that dwells in dark places and prefers the taste of human flesh. In 1895, H.G. Wells created a horrific species of carnivorous subhumans called ""morlocks"" for his"
"differently. In the original novel, the Time Traveler encounters Weena in the year 802,701 A.D. He rescues her from drowning in a ""shallow"", while the other Eloi do nothing to help. The next day, she presents him a garland of flowers, which she has made especially for him. He takes her on his expedition and decides to take her to his own time, the Victorian Era, but Weena faints and is lost in a fire when he battles the Morlocks to retrieve his time machine. He returns to his own time with two strange white flowers, which Weena had put"
"Morlocks have taken his time machine, he explores the Morlock tunnels, learning that due to a lack of any other means of sustenance, they feed on the Eloi. His revised analysis is that their relationship is not one of lords and servants but of livestock and ranchers. The Time Traveller theorizes that intelligence is the result of and response to danger; with no real challenges facing the Eloi, they have lost the spirit, intelligence, and physical fitness of humanity at its peak. Meanwhile, he saves an Eloi named Weena from drowning as none of the other Eloi take any notice"
"play ""The Tempest"" by William Shakespeare. Growing up, a still young Caliban, who speaks in the third person, is discovered by the mutant Callisto and taken under her wing. Learning of his mutant tracking ability, Callisto uses Caliban to locate other disenfranchised mutants and organizes them into the Morlocks, a band of homeless, rejected mutants. The founding Morlocks consist of Caliban, Callisto, Masque, Plague, and Sunder. The Morlocks live in the sewers and abandoned subway tunnels running underneath New York City, and, like Caliban, most of them had grotesque appearances. Caliban senses the presence of nearby mutants and enters a"
"from attacking during the day. The Morlocks and the Eloi have something of a symbiotic relationship: the Eloi are clothed and fed by the Morlocks, and in return, the Morlocks eat the Eloi. The Time Traveler perceives this, and suggests that the Eloi–Morlock relationship developed from a class distinction present in his own time: the Morlocks are the working class who were relegated to working and living underground so that the rich upper class could live in luxury on the surface. With time, the balance of power changed - the surface people no longer dominating the underground dwellers but instead"
"in ""The Time Machine"" of myth and ex-nomination of class. The name ""Eloi"" is the Hebrew plural for Elohim, or lesser gods, in the Old Testament. Wells' source for the name ""morlock"" is less clear. It may refer to the Canaanite god Moloch associated with child sacrifice. The name Morlock may be a play on ""mollocks"" – what miners might call themselves – or a Scots word for rubbish, or a reference to the Morlacchi community in Dalmatia. ""The Time Machine"" can be read as a symbolic novel. The time machine itself can be viewed as a symbol, and there"
"future England. After thousands of generations of living without sunlight, the Morlocks have dull grey-to-white skin, chinless faces, large greyish-red eyes with a capacity for reflecting light, and flaxen hair on the head and back. They are smaller than humans (presumably of the same height as the Eloi). Like the Eloi, they are significantly weaker than the average human (the Time Traveller hurt or killed some barehandedly with relative ease), but a large swarm of them can be a serious threat for a lone man, especially unarmed and/or with no portable light source. Their sensitivity to light usually prevents them"
"in their native time (the 8,028th century) have stopped allowing the Eloi to roam free and now keep them in pens. The Morlocks are separated into two types, or castes, in the novel. One is the short, weak, stupid Grunt Morlocks, who are supposedly the kind that the Time Traveller encountered, and the other is the Officer Morlocks, who are taller, more intelligent, speak English, and have high rank within the Morlock invasion force. An example of the latter type is Colonel Nalga, an antagonist later in the book. These Morlocks are always described as wearing blueish spectacles, which are"
"same woman George rescued seeks him out and gives him a flower. She says her name is Weena and tells George her people are called the Eloi; they do not operate machines, work, or read, and know little of mankind's history. That night, George discovers that his machine has been taken into the sphinx. Weena follows, telling him ""Morlocks"", who only come out at night, have moved it. From behind bushes, a Morlock jumps out and tries to drag her away, but its light-sensitive eyes are blinded by George's fire torch. Weena has never seen fire before and nearly burns"
"remained underground became the Morlocks. The Morlocks have just begun to ""harvest"" the Eloi for food when Perry arrives on the scene (the year is not made specific). He is befriended by Weena (Priscilla Barnes), who explains how the Eloi-Morlock world came to be. A special museum of technology, showcasing weapons from Perry's era, includes Perry's name on a card identifying a weapon he designed. A video and audio presentation in the museum reveals that Perry's new assignment at Mega Corporation will be directly responsible for the world's destruction. Before he returns to his own time, Perry and Ariel, the"